Economic value of storage in multireservoir systems

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 375-383

  Tilmant, Amaury ^a   Arjoon, Diane ^a   Marques, Guilherme Fernandes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO TECNOLÓGICA DE MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hydro economic modelling; Hydropower; Reservoir operation; Storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894026749     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000335     Document Type: Article

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